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Whale bone fish line and wooden reel
Whale bone fish line and wooden reel
Object Number 88-51-10/50310
Display Title Whale bone fish line and wooden reel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishing tackle, wood reel, knotted baleen line
Classification
  • Tackle
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island
Materials Wood, Baleen
Dimensions Overall: 57 x 6.5 x 3.4 cm (22 7/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 50310
Provenance
Collector Capt. Hooper
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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